Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-02-24

| burned out at Bellet0nte, also lost his
printing establishment at Canton,
Ohio. by fire on Wednesday of last
week. This double misfortune sets
hard on Mr.. Cassidy ana will make the
lre-estaUhshment Of The Gazette so
much more difficult.
-IrIsA CURIOUS FACT that the
body is now more susceptible to hene-
fit from medicine than at any other
| season. Hence the Importance of tax
ing floods Saraaparilla now, when it
will do You the mos good. 1t Is really
wonderful for purifying and enriching
the blood, creating an appetite, and
giving IA healthy tone to the whole sys-
TEN. BE sue 10 get llood's Sarsapa.
riila, which is peculiar to itself.
Henry Long, of Courtland, III ,
writes us that he has bought IA farm of
100 acres of land aG Walnut Grove,
Knox Co, Ne braska, where he expects
to move after the first Of March. lie
prefers having a home of his own and
goes farther West to establish il. lie
orders the j OURNAL sent To him an
other year and says he would not like
| to do without it as it does him more
good than any paper he can get. We
wish Mr.. Long the best Of success i'll
his new home.
j. II. Bibby, Of SpriLg Mills, was
| a caller ut this office last week. Mr..
| Blbbv informed us that he has changed
the name of the Spling Mills House,
of which he is prophet or, and which is
now called the Bibby House. Being
an experienced Motel ist, and well-in-
formed and pleasant gentleman lie has
been very successf III in the manage.
ment of his house and expects to fur
ther merit the splendid reputation 1t
has been enjoying in the past.
G.. A. Il. DEPT. OF PENNA.-The
following statistics which will prove IN
| tereStiug To veteran Of the late war
have been furnished us by Adj. Tobias,
of P0 st 19S, Of this place, for publlca-
ton Total number of posts in the
state at tie end of the year 1856 was
54j with 3S,30l members in good
standing. During said year 3S new
posts were organized and 442 members
! died SIG, 33 were expended for
the relief Of soldiers and others.
DOES Your DRESS FIT ?-lf not,
YOU are very uncOmfOrt able. of course.
! You will find out what is the matter
bv reading the article on 'Home Dress
making in The HoVSekeeper, the pub
! hSheTs Of whlch offer as a premium
with each yearly subscription at Il
! land 20 cts.to pay postage on premium
| the Moody Perfect Tailor system and
book on dressmaki ng, the retail price
OF which is S7--S9 for Sl.2o. This Tai
lor system enables any lady Of ordinary
intelligence to cut dress in any style
wanted from actual measurements with
a Gel tanty that it will lit without try
| ing on. For specimen copy OF that
! great home monthly, The HouSeECeper,
and full particulars Of offer, write at
once to Buckeye Publishing Co., Mimi
eapolis, Mimi, as the offer IS limited.
FIRE.-Last Thursd ay morning the
central part of Main street was thrown
into an excitement by an alarm of fire,
which proved to be in Geo. w. Buck S
photograph gallery. Mr. Buck had been
at work at some negatives and was
using a burning lamp. He had occa-
cion to leave his work few minutes
and during his brief absence the light
! ignited some Of the chemicals and In
| less time than it takes to tell il the
| whole room was in flames. Fortunate
! " the near neighb0rS were on hand III
time with buckets to save the building
and thus prevented serious cOnlllgra :
10 Il, tn Rnnls
instruments and plates i very heavy
and was principally caused 10y water.
| He estimates his loss at ) with a
light insurance.
Bishop Henry w. Warren will be
the presiding officer Of the Central
Pennsylvania NJ. i Conference to be
held 1t Brllefonte beginning of next
month. The Daily Ne'cS in giving a
short biography OF the distinguished
divine winds up by saying that ibis
magnetic power over large audiences is
generally known, especially AS lectur-
er at Chautauqua. and through his
Chautauqua Prelmiers on Astronomy.
He has been a large contributor 10 the
church periodicals for many years ;
writes well. shows vigor of thought,
freshness and much beauty OF lam
guage.
In person tall and well built, with
out being feShy, dignitis d carriage and
crc rcumspect. with bright and sunny
c0untenenauce. Very sOciable and
companionabie, he everywhere gives
evidence of well-bred Christan gen.
tlemau.n
| MAGGIE ALEXANDER.-lt Is with
sadness that we chronicle the death Of
the lady whose name heads this article.
She expired on Tuesday morning,
about 3 O'Clock. at the residence of her
brother, DR.. J. T. Alexander, at Cen.
tire Hall, where she had her home Of
late. She had been ailing for number
of years from that iucurable disease,
consumption, which finally resulted in
her demise Maggie was the youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Alex
ander, late of Millhalm, deceased, and
sister Of our tnwnsman, Hon. w. X.
Alexander, ofsChrist and Reed Alexan-
der, of Penn township, and MIsS Kate
Alexander, WHO was with the sufferer
to her last moments Her age was
about 80 years. She was young lady
of the highest moral standing and of
the sweetest characteristics, all of
which made her a favOrite in this COM
munity. From her earliest girlhood
she was faithful member of the Re-
formed church and it may truly be said
of her that her daily life was in full ac.